AI reads centuries-old handwriting to reveal Britain's vast historic shipping trade

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AI reads centuries-old handwriting to reveal Britain's vast historic shipping trade

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Historians have used AI to interpret centuries-old handwriting in British port records and chart the country’s historic shipping trade. An interactive map draws on data from hundreds of thousands of pages to show Britain’s rise as a global trading power.

Historians have created a first-of-its-kind online interactive map, using data from hundreds of thousands of pages of centuries-old port records to chart Britain's growth into a dominant global trading nation.

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